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J. 'TAYLOR & J. MAOKA Y L Rein-Holding Attachment for Harness. No. 205,008.

Patented June 18, 1878'.

INVENTOR:

BY 7 a ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES: @ZQZZ/ MPETERS. PHOT o-LITHOGRAPKER. WASHINGTON. D C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. TAYLOR AND JOHN MAOKAY, OF FREDERIOTON, NEW BRUNSWICK,

' CANADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN RElN-HOLDING ATTACHMENTS FOR HARNESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,008, dated June 18, 1878; application filed May 16, 1878.

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The object of this invention is to furnish an .improved device for attachment to a harness,

which shall be so constructed as to receive and support the reins should they be slacked by the driver, and to hold them should they be laid down for a few minutes by the driver, so that they will not catch upon other parts of the harness, and which at the same time shall be simple in construction, convenient in use, and ornamental in appearance.

The invention consists, in a device made with the two recesses, to adaptit to be attached to the hip-straps of a harness, for holding the reins, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents the bac '-strap, and B the hipstraps, of the harness. O is a rein-holder, which is designed to be secured to the straps B by rivets, or by rivets and lugs, which lugs are bent around the edges of the said strap, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. 1n the upper part of the holder 0 is formed an opening, loop, or recess, 0 which is made with a wide mouth, so

that the rein s, when slackened, will readily slide down into it, and thus be prevented from sliding down so low as to catch upon parts of the harness when again. tightened. 1n the lower part of the holder O is formed a second loop,

will pass into the cavity of the said recess The reins may be removed from the recesses c by drawing them upward and outward.

If desired, the holder O may be made with a single arm, in which case it is bent around upon itself to form the lower recess 0 and is r then bent outward and upward to form the upper recess 0, as shown in Fig. 3. In this case the arm of the holder should be made elastic, so that it may yield to allow the reins to be pressed into and out of the lower recess 0 the reins when simply slackened restin g in the upper recess 0 as before described.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The device 0, made with two recesses, 0 0 adapted to be attached to the hip-straps of a harness for holding the reins, substantially as herein shown and described.

JOHN MORRISON TAYLOR. JOHN MAGKAY. Witnesses:

WESLEY VANWART, GEORGE T. TAYLOR. 

